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Oracle® Database Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)

Part Number E10820-02
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NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE

Property Description
Parameter type String
Syntax NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = language
Default value Derived from NLS_LANGUAGE
Modifiable ALTER SESSION
Range of values Any valid NLS_LANGUAGE value

NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE specifies the language to use for the spelling of day and month names and date abbreviations (a.m., p.m., AD, BC) returned by the TO_DATE and TO_CHAR functions.

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